Richard W. Reith
“Rich”

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More of Rich’s writings are
available for reading on his website
Rich is a Vietnam Veteran, the father of an Afghanistan Veteran, the son of a WWII Veteran, and the nephew of a Korean Veteran.
Born in 1949, Rich has three children of his own and one foster child he adopted. He was married to his first wife for 35 years, so he decided to stick with her instead of trading her in for two 28 year olds. He holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees (math, business, and economics) and spent 18 years as an IBM systems engineer.
Despite being a writer all his life, it is only recently that Rich has decided to write for more than just personal edification. He previously threw each piece away once he got it to where he liked it and likes to say that his best work is sitting in landfills from Maine to California.
A coach of three soccer teams, (he played in college), Rich works with abused/abandoned kids and does a lot of consulting, all of which requires long hours of work. He also plays in a bridge tournament on-line each night from 12-3am. “I love being a bundle of contradictions…” he quips.
Index of Club Writings
- A Doctor, And a Woman
- A Fool In Love
- A Girl’s Best Friend
- A Place
- A Simple Peck
- A Tapestry
- A Winter Night in Carrington
- Advice and Consent (So I’ll Disguise My Dissent)
- Aftermath
- Amber
- An Alternate World
- An Invisible Man
- And I Love Her
- Angels with One Wing
- Anticipation
- I Am Here
- I Am Tumor
- I Just Love Philanthropy
- I Learned it Late (A Comment)
- I Think of Him (For Lynn and Ross)
- I Whisper to the Forest
- If God
- If I Could See
- Language of My Love
- Last Goodbye
- Love Endures
- Love in a Dream
- Love Is
- Love is Never Gone
- Love of the Poet
- Love, Ross
- Love’s Own Reverie
- Manipulation
- Marriage
- Morning Prayers
- Moths
- My Blessed Pen
- My Friend
- My Index Photo
- My Unmade Wish
- My Words (A Response)
- Paradise
- Playing With Plat
- Please Don’t Promise
- Please Don’t Tell Me
- Poetic Fool
- Poetry
- Pondering the Important Things in Life
- sdroW
- She Finally Tried
- She Wants, He Fears
- Slow Dance
- Somewhere
- Soulmate
- Spam
- Spiritual Love
- Strangers
- Sweet Hope
- The Handyman
- The Invisible Man
- The Lovers
- The Painting
- The Poet
- The Puppet
- The Woman
- The World of the Poet
- The World of Victim-Bully
- This Selfsame Man
- To Lead in Love and Be Led
- To Mothers of Daughters on Mothers’ Day
- To My New Granddaughter
- To the Women on the Sideline (of Rich and Col’s Battle)
- Today
- Together
- Tolerance
- Trust